Awards
IFP Gotham Award Nominations Include “The Rider,” “Skate Kitchen,” and “The Tale”
Nominations for the 28th IFP Gotham Awards have been announced. Five films are up for Best Feature at the 2018 edition of the ceremony, and two are helmed by women: Josephine Decker’s...
Agnès Varda, Robin Wright, and Melissa Leo Will Be Celebrated at Fests
French auteur Agnès Varda, “House of Cards” star and director Robin Wright, and Oscar-winning actress Melissa Leo are all set to receive honors at upcoming fests. Varda and Wright will...
“Free Solo,” “RBG,” and “Dark Money” Among 2018 Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards Nominees
“Free Solo” tops the 2018 Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards nominations. Directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, the National Geographic title tells the story...
Suzan-Lori Parks to Accept Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award
2018 continues to be a banner year for Suzan-Lori Parks. News broke this summer that the playwright and screenwriter would pen a Billie Holiday biopic and now The New York Times has confirmed Parks...
Editor Carol Littleton to Be Honored by Camerimage
Film editor Carol Littleton is set to be honored at the upcoming 26th edition of the Camerimage’s International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography. She’ll receive the Camerimage...
Nicole Kidman to Receive Career Achievement Award at Hollywood Film Awards
Nicole Kidman is set to receive the Hollywood Career Achievement Award at the 2018 Hollywood Film Awards, The Hollywood Reporter confirms. The event will take place November 4 in Los Angeles. HFO...
Artist Isa Genzken Wins the Nasher Prize for Sculpture
The Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas has announced that German artist Isa Genzken will receive its fourth annual Nasher Prize. The New York Times writes that the prize honors achievement in...
Variety’s Power of Women: LA to Honor Natalie Portman, Tiffany Haddish, Lena Waithe, & More
Variety’s Power of Women: Los Angeles luncheon is just around the corner. This year’s edition, taking place October 12 at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons, will celebrate philanthropic...
Rima Das’ “Village Rockstars” Is India’s Foreign-Language Oscar Pick
India is the latest country to submit a woman-directed film to the Academy. The Hindu reports that Rima Das’ “Village Rockstars” will represent the county as this year’s...
Foreign-Language Oscar Picks: Indonesia Selects “Marlina the Murderer,” Lebanon “Capernaum”
Another two women-directed films have been selected for the foreign-language Oscar race. Indonesia has chosen Mouly Surya’s “Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts” as its submission...
Emmys 2018: Amy Sherman-Palladino Makes History and Hannah Gadsby Calls Out #NotAllMen
“Gilmore Girls” was repeatedly and egregiously snubbed by the Emmys, but show creator Amy Sherman-Palladino finally got the last laugh. Her latest series, “The Marvelous Mrs....
“Fig Tree’s” Aäläm-Wärqe Davidian Wins Audentia Award for Best Female Director at TIFF
Aäläm-Wärqe Davidian is taking home a major honor from the Toronto International Film Festival. She has been named as the winner of the third edition of the Audentia Award for Best Female...
Awards Roundup: TIFF to Honor Claire Denis, BAFTA Cate Blanchett
Claire Denis’ and Cate Blanchett’s awards shelves are about to become a bit more crowded. Cannes prize-winning director Denis will be presented with the fifth annual Roger Ebert Golden...
Cicely Tyson to Receive Honorary Oscar, Kathleen Kennedy the Thalberg Award
Legendary actress Cicely Tyson and mega-producer Kathleen Kennedy will be honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organization behind the Oscars. Per The Hollywood Reporter,...
“Sesame Street’s” Joan Ganz Cooney Becomes First Woman to Receive Top IBC Honor
Joan Ganz Cooney is making her way into history books. She’ll be the first woman to receive the International Broadcasting Convention’s International Honor for Excellence. Ganz Cooney is...
Sonia Sanchez Awarded $100,000 Lifetime Achievement Prize from Academy of American Poets
Sonia Sanchez is the recipient of The Academy of American Poets’ prestigious Wallace Stevens Award. The New York Times reports the poet, author, and activist received the $100,000 lifetime...
Foreign-Language Oscar Submissions: Colombia Picks “Birds of Passage,” Estonia “Take It Or Leave It”
Two more women-directed films have joined the foreign-language Oscar race. Colombia named Cristina Gallego — and Ciro Guerra’s — “Birds of Passage” as their entry, and...
Cannes Winner “Girl” Is Belgium’s 2019 Foreign-Language Oscar Pick
“Girl” will be representing Belgium in the 2019 foreign-language Oscar race, Deadline confirms. The drama about a transgender teen took home the Camera d’Or at Cannes for best first...
Both Sloan Science in Cinema Filmmaker Fellowships Go to Women Writer-Directors
Erica Liu and So Young Shelly Yo are the 2018 SFFILM Sloan Science in Cinema Filmmaker Fellows. SFFILM, a Bay Area-based org championing films and filmmakers, announced the news in a press...
Rungano Nyoni’s “I Am Not a Witch” Is UK’s 2019 Foreign-Language Oscar Pick
“I Am Not a Witch” may be heading to the Academy Awards. Rungano Nyoni’s debut feature has been named as the UK’s entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2019 Oscars,...
Dominga Sotomayor Wins Leopard for Best Direction at Locarno 2018
The 2018 edition of the Locarno Film Festival has come to a close. The Switzerland-based fest committed to major change this year: President Marco Solari and Vice President Carla Speziali signed the...
Marvel Exec Victoria Alonso Will Be Honored by the HPA
Victoria Alonso is set to receive the Hollywood Professional Association’s (HPA) Charles S. Swartz Award, The Hollywood Reporter confirms. The producer and executive vp of production at Marvel...
Salma Hayek to Be Honored with Franca Sozzani Award at Venice Film Fest
Salma Hayek is set to receive an award for her work on and off the screen. The Oscar-nominated actress will be honored with the Franca Sozzani Award at Venice International Film Festival, WWD...
Vanessa Redgrave to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Venice Film Fest
Vanessa Redgrave is set to receive a major honor from the Venice Film Festival. The British actress will be awarded with its Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, Variety confirms. In a statement...
Tiffany Haddish, Hannah Gadsby, and “Glow” Creators to Receive Just for Laughs Awards
If there’s one thing this year’s list of Just for Laughs Awards recipients shows, it’s that this is a big year for women in comedy. Unlike the past two years — in which one...
Jane Fonda to Be Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award at Michael Moore’s Fest
Jane Fonda is set to collect yet another trophy. The “Grace and Frankie” star will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival, a press...
Liz Garbus to Receive San Francisco Jewish Film Fest’s Freedom of Expression Award
The Jewish Film Institute (JFI) will present Liz Garbus with the 2018 Freedom of Expression Award. The Academy Award-nominated documentarian is set to accept the prize at the 38th San Francisco...
Sally Potter to Be Honored with FIPRESCI 93 Platinum Award
Sally Potter will receive the FIPRESCI 93 Platinum award at the Transatlantyk Festival, ScreenDaily confirms. The Polish fest will also screen five of the British writer-director’s films in its...
“Americanah” Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Wins 2018 PEN Pinter Prize
Renowned author, feminist, and speaker Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is this year’s recipient of the PEN Pinter Prize. As The Guardian reports, the honor, named after the late author Harold Pinter,...
Jane Fonda to Be Honored with France’s Lumière Award
Oscar-winning actress, activist, and fitness icon Jane Fonda can add Lumière Award recipient to her stacked résumé. France’s Institut Lumière will recognize the “Grace and Frankie”...
Parkland Drama Teacher Melody Herzfeld to Be Honored at Tony Awards
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School drama teacher Melody Herzfeld, who survived the February 14 shooting in Parkland, Florida, will receive an education award at the Tonys on June 10, The New York...
Lena Waithe to Be Honored with Trailblazer Award at MTV Movie & TV Awards
“I am tired of white folks telling my stories,” said Lena Waithe in her recent Vanity Fair cover story. The actress, writer, and producer made history last year when she became the first...
Women In Film Now Accepting 2018 Finishing Fund Applications
The submission period for Women In Film’s 2018 Film Finishing Fund is open. Now in its 33rd year, the fund awards 10 to 15 grants to films by and about women. Documentary, narrative, animated, and...
Ava DuVernay to Be Honored at GLAAD Media Awards
Ava DuVernay is having a remarkable year. She’s been named the NAACP Image Awards’ Entertainer of the Year, received the PGA’s Visionary Award, been brought on to the Cannes Jury, debuted her...
NYT and New Yorker Win Public Service Pulitzer for Reporting on Weinstein, Sexual Harassment
The 2018 Pulitzer Prizes were awarded yesterday and the journalists on the front lines of the Harvey Weinstein and sexual harassment stories took home the Public Service honor. The New York Times’...
“Insecure,” “Handmaid’s Tale,” and More Nominated for Peabody Awards
This is cause for a celebration: nominations for the 77th annual Peabody Awards have been announced and a wide range of projects by and about women are being recognized. Female-driven works such as...
Ashley Judd to Receive Greenwich Film Fest’s Changemaker Award
Actress, activist, and Silence Breaker Ashley Judd will be celebrated for her international work with women and children at this year’s Greenwich International Film Festival. According to PEOPLE,...
Leah Nanako Winkler Wins Yale Drama Series Prize
Playwright Leah Nanako Winkler is adding yet another honor to her résumé. The New York Times reports that Nanako Winkler has won this year’s Yale Drama Series Prize for her latest play, “God...
“Brown Girl Dreaming” Author Jacqueline Woodson to Receive Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
The 15th annual Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world’s largest prize for children’s writing, will be awarded to author Jacqueline Woodson, BBC News reports. Woodson will receive the prize,...
Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls to Receive Spirit of Anne Frank Award
Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls, an organization co-founded by the “Parks and Rec” alumna, will receive this year’s Spirit of Anne Frank Youth Empowerment Award (SAFA). Per the official press...
“Maudie” and “Alias Grace” Win Big at 2018 Canadian Screen Awards
Women dominated Sunday night’s Canadian Screen Awards. Not only did female-led projects “Maudie,” “Alias Grace,” “Anne With an E,” and “Baroness von Sketch Show” sweep the major...
Tina Fey and #MeToo Founder Tarana Burke Among Variety’s Power of Women 2018 Honorees
Variety’s annual Power of Women: New York event has announced its 2018 honorees. The five women, whose humanitarian efforts will be celebrated at a luncheon on April 13, are Tina Fey, Emily Blunt,...
Women Take the Spotlight in 2018 Oscar Commercials and Trailers
Between Frances McDormand recognizing all the female nominees in her acceptance speech and Ashley Judd, Salma Hayek, and Annabella Sciorra’s Time’s Up moment, gender equality and diversity were...
Frances McDormand Made My Night at the Oscars a Memorable One
I’ve tried to get Oscar credentials for the past several years. This year, my dream finally came true. Like most people, I’ve watched the Oscars every year I can remember — years ago for...
Time’s Up Planning a “Moment” at Oscars, Has Received 1,700 Help Requests
Time’s Up is becoming more and more powerful. According to Variety, the anti-harassment movement will continue its awards show domination at Sunday’s Academy Awards, and its defense fund has...
Barbra Streisand on Her Oscar Snubs, Hollywood’s Boys’ Club, and More
Barbra Streisand reflects on the past, present, and future in a wide-ranging, lengthy new interview in Variety. The trailblazing writer, director, and singer speaks candidly about her experiences as...
Tiffany Haddish to Host MTV Movie and TV Awards
“Hey it’s me, Tiffany Haddish coming straight at you with some good news,” the “Girls Trip” breakout announced in a video she posted on Instagram yesterday. The rapidly ascending star...
Study: Women Received Just 23 Percent of Non-Acting Oscar Noms This Year
Yeah, we’re not impressed, either, Tonya: Oscar nominee Margot Robbie in “I, Tonya” The 2018 Academy Award nominations are marked by a few milestones. “Mudbound’s” Rachel Morrison is the...
Time’s Up Dominates BAFTAs, New UK Anti-Harassment Campaign Introduced
The anti-harassment movement has taken the United Kingdom by storm. Less than a week after the BFI and BAFTA introduced new anti-bullying/anti-harassment guidelines, the BAFTA Awards were dominated...
WGA Winners: Tina Fey, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Flint,” and More
Offred’s story is still striking a chord. The 70th annual Writers Guild of America Awards took place over the weekend, and Emmy, Golden Globe, and DGA winner “The Handmaid’s Tale” took home...
Tiffany Haddish & Lena Waithe Among Essence’s Black Women in Hollywood Awardees
Whether they starred in the summer’s breakout comedy, became the first black woman to win an Emmy for comedy writing, or broke barriers in the Marvel universe, Tiffany Haddish, Lena Waithe, Tessa...